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  • jwil
    jwil Posts: 22,082 Forumite
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    Today's PAD £2

    Jan - £141
    Feb - £139
    March - £89
    April £149
    May - £79
    June - £238
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  • savingholmes
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    Wildflowers sound beautiful.

    You are gently getting your house and garden back to what you'd like. It's all progress. It's hard enough for me - with just me in the house - I never made much progress when there was 4 of us at home.
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  • jwil
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    Wildflowers sound beautiful.

    You are gently getting your house and garden back to what you'd like. It's all progress. It's hard enough for me - with just me in the house - I never made much progress when there was 4 of us at home.
    Thank you.  We are making progress, and I do need to recognise it more.  It's definitely harder with the others as they don't want to get rid of stuff!
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  • WinterWarrior
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    That’s so true, it’s almost impossible to organise other people into decluttering 😞
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  • jwil
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    That’s so true, it’s almost impossible to organise other people into decluttering 😞
    It's very frustrating isn't it.
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  • jwil
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    Today's PAD £11 (survey cashout)

    Jan - £141
    Feb - £139
    March - £89
    April £149
    May - £79
    June - £249

    I should have added another £1 :D:D 
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  • doingitanyway
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    Well done with garden progress and PADs
    Enjoy the garden at all stages of its improvement.
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    You will add the £1 tomorrow 😊
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  • jwil
    jwil Posts: 22,082 Forumite
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    Well done with garden progress and PADs
    Enjoy the garden at all stages of its improvement.
    Thank you :)

    beanielou said:
    You will add the £1 tomorrow 😊
    I certainly did :smiley:
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  • jwil
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    Today's PAD £15 (survey cashout :grin:), yesterday £2

    Jan - £141
    Feb - £139
    March - £89
    April £149
    May - £79
    June - £266
    "Good financial planning is about not spending money on things that add no value to your life in order to have more money for the things that do". Eoin McGee
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